Artist
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)Dutch, 1606–1669
CultureDutch
Titles
- An Old Bearded Man in a high fur Cap with eyes closed
Datec. 1635
MediumEtching on antique laid paper, state II/IV
DimensionsSheet: 4 7/16 × 4 1/8 in. (11.2 × 10.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Albert Chao at "One Great Night in November, 2017"
Object number2017.366
Not on view
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Exhibition Historynone known for this impression
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Lettered in top left of plate: Rembrandt and R (in reverse)
Recto: Signed in ink, upper left center: Rembrandt
Watermark: part of the Arms of Amsterdam (figs. 1 & 2)
The Arms of Amsterdam is a Tripartite shield with three St. Andrew’s crosses arranged vertically. Lion rampart is to either side and a shield is surmounted by a crown. The French manufactured papers specifically for the French market, such as this one. According to Nancy Ash and Shelley Fletcher, in Watermarks in Rembrandt’s Prints (1998), the Arms of Amsterdam appears in some impressions of the Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed, and in particular, the top fragment of the watermark. This watermark appears on other prints by Rembrandt, such as The Raising of Lazarus: Small Plate (1642) and Jupiter and Antiope: The Large Plate (1659).
The Arms of Amsterdam is a Tripartite shield with three St. Andrew’s crosses arranged vertically. Lion rampart is to either side and a shield is surmounted by a crown. The French manufactured papers specifically for the French market, such as this one. According to Nancy Ash and Shelley Fletcher, in Watermarks in Rembrandt’s Prints (1998), the Arms of Amsterdam appears in some impressions of the Old Bearded Man in a High Fur Cap, with Eyes Closed, and in particular, the top fragment of the watermark. This watermark appears on other prints by Rembrandt, such as The Raising of Lazarus: Small Plate (1642) and Jupiter and Antiope: The Large Plate (1659).
Catalogue raisonnéG 268; M. 126; MZ 54; Bartsch, Rovinski, Siedlitz and White-Boon 290/II; Hind 130/II; New Hollstein 148.II; Biörklund-Barnard 38-D/II
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